Vocab. Review: The House of the Spirits, Ch. 1-8

Myriad

• most important or easy to notice

• that does not stop holding something or give up something easily; determined

• extremely large in number

• working very hard and taking great care that everything is done as well as it can be; diligent

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Aberration

• a fact, an action or a way of behaving that is not usual, and that may be unacceptable

• a long loud angry speech that criticizes somebody or something or tries to persuade people to do something

• a sudden disaster or a violent event that causes change, for example a flood or a war

• the act of showing a lot of respect for somebody or something, especially when considered to be holy or very important

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Tenuous

• almost asleep

• extremely unwilling to spend money

• done secretly or quickly, in the hope that other people will not notice

• so weak or uncertain that it hardly exists

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Cataclysm

• a sudden disaster or a violent event that causes change, for example a flood or a war

• a fact, an action or a way of behaving that is not usual, and that may be unacceptable

• the quality of being strict and serious in appearance or manner

• a long loud angry speech that criticizes somebody or something or tries to persuade people to do something

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Pallid

• honest, innocent and willing to trust people; naive

• pale, especially because of illness

• tending not to say very much, in a way that seems unfriendly

• so weak or uncertain that it hardly exists

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Salient

• tending not to say very much, in a way that seems unfriendly

• likely to improve your mind or your character

• most important or easy to notice

• filled with something; with a full supply of something

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Surreptitious

• extremely large in number

• that does not stop holding something or give up something easily; determined

• done secretly or quickly, in the hope that other people will not notice

• working very hard and taking great care that everything is done as well as it can be; diligent

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Veneration

• the act of showing a lot of respect for somebody or something, especially when considered to be holy or very important

• the quality of being strict and serious in appearance or manner

• a fact, an action or a way of behaving that is not usual, and that may be unacceptable

• a long loud angry speech that criticizes somebody or something or tries to persuade people to do something

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Tout

• to make an unpleasant feeling less severe

• so weak or uncertain that it hardly exists

• honest, innocent and willing to trust people; naive

• to try to persuade people that somebody or something is important or valuable through praise

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Edifying

• likely to improve your mind or your character

• so weak or uncertain that it hardly exists

• working very hard and taking great care that everything is done as well as it can be; diligent

• most important or easy to notice

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